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Fan X, Ou Y, Yang H, Yang H, Qu T, Zhang Q, Cheng F, Hu F, Liu H, Xu Z, Gong C. Composite proton exchange membrane for fuel cells based on chitosan modified by acid-base amphoteric nanoparticles. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 254:127796. [PMID: 37923030 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
Currently, achieving a simultaneous improvement in proton conductivity and mechanical properties is a key challenge in using chitosan (CS) as a proton exchange membrane (PEM) substrate in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Herein, a novel nanofiller-zwitterionic molecule, (3-(3-aminopropyl) dimethylammonio) propane-1-sulfonate, ADPS)-modified polydopamine (PDA) (PDA-ADPS) was synthesized by the Michael addition reaction and was incorporated into a CS matrix to prepare CS/PDA-ADPS composite membranes. PDA-ADPS, which contains an acid-based ion pair can create new proton conduction channels in the composite membrane, improving proton conductivity. The proton conductivity of the CS/PDA-ADPS composite membrane was as high as 38.4 mS cm-1 at 80 °C. Moreover, due to the excellent compatibility and dispersibility of PDA-ADPS in the CS matrix, the obtained CS/PDA-ADPS composite membranes exhibited favorable mechanical properties. Such outstanding proton conductivity and mechanical properties guarantee good performance of the composite membranes in fuel cells. The peak power density of the CS/PDA-ADPS composite membranes was 30.2 mW cm-2 at 70 °C. This work provides a new strategy for fabricating high-performance CS based PEMs for DMFCs.
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- Xiangjian Fan
- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China.
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, Hubei 432000, China.
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Ahmed N, Niaz B, Ahmed S, Javid MT, Ali M, Tariq M. Mechanically robust and highly elastic thermally induced shape memory polyurethane based composites for smart and sustainable robotic applications. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.5961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Naveed Ahmed
- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
- Department of Chemistry Hazara University Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry Hazara University Mansehra Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry‐Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biofuel, Biodiesel Laboratory of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, College of Chemical Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry‐Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biofuel, Biodiesel Laboratory of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, College of Chemical Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Advanced Polymeric Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry‐Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biofuel, Biodiesel Laboratory of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, College of Chemical Engineering Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou People's Republic of China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Processes School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Ren HM, Liu YR, Liu BY, Li ZF, Li G. Comparative Studies on the Proton Conductivities of Hafnium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks and Related Chitosan or Nafion Composite Membranes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:9564-9579. [PMID: 35700425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hafnium (Hf)-based UiO-66 series metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely studied on gas storage, gas separation, reduction reaction, and other aspects since they were first prepared in 2012, but there are few studies on proton conductivity. In this work, one Hf-based MOF, Hf-UiO-66-fum showing UiO-66 structure, also known as MOF-801-Hf, was synthesized at room temperature using cheap fumaric acid as the bridging ligand, and then imidazole units were successfully introduced into MOF-801-Hf to obatin a doped product, Im@MOF-801-Hf. Note that both MOF-801-Hf and Im@MOF-801-Hf demonstrate excellent thermal, water, and acid-base stabilities. Expectedly, the maximum proton conductivity (σ) of Im@MOF-801-Hf (1.46 × 10-2 S·cm-1) is nearly 4 times greater than that of MOF-801-Hf (3.98 × 10-3 S·cm-1) under 100 °C and 98% relative humidity (RH). To explore their possible practical application value, we doped them into chitosan (CS) or Nafion membranes as fillers, namely, CS/MOF-801-Hf-X, CS/Im@MOF-801-Hf-Y, and Nafion/MOF-801-Hf-Z (X, Y, and Z are the doping percentages of MOF in the membrane, respectively). Intriguingly, it was found that CS/MOF-801-Hf-6 and CS/Im@MOF-801-Hf-4 indicated the highest σ values of 1.73 × 10-2 and 2.14 × 10-2 S·cm-1, respectively, under 100 °C and 98% RH and Nafion/MOF-801-Hf-9 also revealed a high σ value of 4.87 × 10-2 S·cm-1 under 80 °C and 98% RH, which showed varying degrees of enhancement compared to the original MOFs or pure CS and Nafion membranes. Our study illustrates that these Hf-based MOFs and related composite membranes offer great potential in electrochemical fields.
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- Hui-Min Ren
- College of Chemistry and Green Catalysis Centre, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- School of Science, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Green Catalysis Centre, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Green Catalysis Centre, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Green Catalysis Centre, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, Henan, P. R. China
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Ahmed N, Dilbraiz MA, Niaz B, Ahmed N, Farooq U, Ahmed S. A facile approach towards fabrication of multi-walled nanotubes embedded polyurethane high performance nanocomposite with efficient shape recovery. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-021-02631-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tohidian M, Ghaffarian SR. Polyelectrolyte nanocomposite membranes based on chitosan and surface modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes for use in fuel cell applications. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2021.1944200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Mahdi Tohidian
- Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Ahmed S, Arshad T, Zada A, Afzal A, Khan M, Hussain A, Hassan M, Ali M, Xu S. Preparation and Characterization of a Novel Sulfonated Titanium Oxide Incorporated Chitosan Nanocomposite Membranes for Fuel Cell Application. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11060450. [PMID: 34204185 PMCID: PMC8246320 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11060450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
In this study, nano-TiO2 sulfonated with 1,3-propane sultone (STiO2) was incorporated into the chitosan (CS) matrix for the preparation of CS/STiO2 nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications. The grafting of sulfonic acid (–SO3H) groups was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The physicochemical properties of these prepared membranes, such as water uptake, swelling ratio, thermal and mechanical stability, ion exchange capacity and proton conductivity, were determined. The proton conducting groups on the surface of nano-TiO2 can form continuous proton conducting pathways along the CS/STiO2 interface and thus improve the proton conductivity of CS/STiO2 nanocomposite membranes. The CS/STiO2 nanocomposite membrane with 5 wt% of sulfonated TiO2 showed a proton conductivity (0.035 S·cm−1) equal to that of commercial Nafion 117 membrane (0.033 S·cm−1). The thermal and mechanical stability of the nanocomposite membranes were improved because the interfacial interaction between the -SO3H group of TiO2 and the –NH2 group of CS can restrict the mobility of CS chains to enhance the thermal and mechanical stability of the nanocomposite membranes. These CS/STiO2 nanocomposite membranes have promising applications in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
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- Saad Ahmed
- School of Materials, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (S.A.); (M.A.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan; (T.A.); (A.A.); (M.K.); (A.H.); (M.H.)
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- School of Materials, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (S.A.); (M.A.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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- School of Materials, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; (S.A.); (M.A.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
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Synthesis of the hyper-branched polyamides and their effective utilization in adsorption and equilibrium isothermal study for cadmium ion uptake. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-021-02554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hu F, Li T, Zhong F, Wen S, Zheng G, Gong C, Qin C, Liu H. Preparation and properties of chitosan/acidified attapulgite composite proton exchange membranes for fuel cell applications. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.49079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Fuqiang Hu
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Hubei Engineering & Technology Research Center for Functional Materials from Biomass, School of Chemistry and Material ScienceHubei Engineering University Xiaogan China
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